Nandi District

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Nandi District was an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Kapsabet. [1]

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Following the transfer of some of territory from Uganda to British East Africa, Nandi District was a subdivision of Kisumu Province. In 1929, it was when it was transferred to the newly-created Nzoia Province. In 1934, the district was transferred to Rift Valley Province after the latter absorbed Nzoia Province. [2] In 1963, Nandi District was one of the forty districts of Kenya. [3]

In 2005, Nandi District was eliminated after it was split to form Nandi North and Nandi South, and later Nandi Central, Nandi East and Tindret. All the four districts had a combined population of 752,965. [4]

As per the new law new counties were to be created based on the districts of Kenya that existed as at 1992. This effectively led to the creation of Nandi County.[ citation needed ]

The topography of the former district is dominated by the Nandi Hills. The local people are mostly of the Nandi tribe.[ citation needed ]

Local authorities

AuthorityTypePopulation*Urban pop.*
Kapsabet Municipality64,83017,918
Nandi Hills Town63,1343,575
Nandi countyCounty450,7873,156
* 1999 census. Source:

Administrative divisions

DivisionPopulation*Urban pop.*Headquarters
Aldai96,220200 Kobujoi
Kabiyet43,367751 Kabiyet
Kapsabet125,11516,942 Kapsabet
Kaptumo26,782150 Kaptumo
Kilibwoni62,692116 Kilibwoni
Kipkaren52,7530
Kosirai35,383957
Nandi Hills77,5143499 Nandi Hills
Tinderet58,9250
* 1999 census. Sources: , ,

Constituencies

The district had four constituencies:

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References

  1. ↑ "Kenya Districts". www.statoids.com. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  2. ↑ "description of the districts and provinces". Syracuse University. p. 5. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Kenya Gazette dated 2nd April, 1963" (PDF). Gazettes.Africa. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "The 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Amazonaws. p. 164. Retrieved 2 October 2023.


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